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JBSA - Lackland FamCamp
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Location
Installation
Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX
GPS Coordinates
29.39985, -98.6143
RV Gate Coordinates
29.40601, -98.58858
Directions
Directions
RV's must use the Growden Commercial Gate. This gate is open 0500hrs-0500hrs (closed holidays). ---- From US-90, exit at S. Acme Rd. Turn south onto S. Acme Rd. Go to stop sign and turn right onto Growden Rd. Follow Growden Rd, around the flight line to the Growden Commercial gate. Once thought the gate tun right onto Andrews Rd. Andrews Rd. becomes Kelly Dr at the intersection of Chappe James. Continue on Kelly Dr and turn right on Kenley Ave. Turn right on Luke Blvd. Near the end of the road, turn left on Foster Rd. FamCamp will be on your right.
Campground Information
Authorized Users
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Season
Year round.
Reservations
Not accepted.
Internet Access
WiFi is available near the office and laundry room. Verizon EVDO Broadband Card works in Broadband mode with good coverage. SPRINT Broadband card users can get internet access here.
Mail Forwarding
USPS: Must use local General Delivery. --- FEDEX and UPS: (Your Name), FamCamp (Your site #) 2800 Foster Ave., Lackland AFB TX 78236
Pet Information
Pets allowed with usual leash and clean-up rules.
Campground Information
Guest may register for 30 days at a time and subject to have to depart for 24 hours after every 30 days depending on availability. Guest may not stay past 180 days within a 12 month period. Higher rates are for guests. Dump station is $5.
Big Rig Friendly?
Facilities
RV Storage.
Amenities
- Dump, Sewer
- Water
- Electric
- Laundry
- Showers
- Playground
- Picinic Area
- Golf
- Library
- Diesel
- Gas
- Commissary
- Exchange
- Fitness Center
- Shoppete
- Swimming
- Snack Bar
- Class VI
- Movie Theater
- Pharmacy
- Hospital, Clinic
- Post Office
- Car Wash
Site Information
Type of site | Spaces | Hook-ups | Daily | Weekly | Monthly |
RV Sites | 41 | W/30,50A/S | $30 - $35 | $180 | $650 |
Overflow | 3 | None | $7 | N/A | N/A |
Other Information
Firearms Policy
Not allowed on base.
Weather Information
Modern and clean campground to use as a base while taking in all the sites of San Antonio. Home of the U.S. Air Force's ONLY Basic Training.
Map
User reviews
81 reviews
Overall rating
4.2
Location
4.4(81)
Cleanliness/Hospitality
4.2(81)
Amenities/Facilities
4.0(81)
Value
4.2(81)
Overall Experience
4.1(81)
Oct 22 -30 2022
Overall rating
5.0
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
We stayed in the family campground for 8 days and was a very nice experience. The campground is kept very neat and clean and everyone we talked with were very nice and courteous. They do not take reservations but we called ahead and spoke with Daniel before we left home and he asked us to give Dave a call on our way in on Saturday morning. Dave had a choice of 2 pull throughs available when we arrived. They both were very helpful and again courteous. there were always sites available during our stay and there are 3 overflow spots that for the most part were not used. We were there for our grandsons graduation from BMT and look forward to returning with another grandson graduating in 2022. There are 2 museums on base that are well worth seeing. One is for the Security forces and the other is for the Air Force info. The rate are very reasonable and well located to downtown San Antonio, the Alamo and river walk. Looking forward to our next stay but not the drive. Its 20 hours pulling a camper from NC. Still worth the stay.
15 - 29 November 2020
Overall rating
4.7
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
4.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
Stayed two weeks. This is a well run Famcamp with what appears to be a few homesteaders. While I spent the entire time in overflow it was by choice as many sites opened during my stay. There are two small museums on the BMT (RTC) side worth the visit. GPS coordinates for the gate tell you that you have arrived about a mile before the gate. Don’t worry just keep heading down the road. This is an excellent base to see San Antonio from.
10 May 2018
Overall rating
4.6
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
4.0
Overall Experience
5.0
My wife and I enjoyed our stay at the Lackland FamCamp during my short stint at JBSA-Lackland. Staff was helpful and kept us posted on availability even though they do not take reservations. Highly recommend this RV park and don't believe the hype on the homesteading. I have seen a few families there but they rotate out like everyone else.
March 9 - April 16 2018
Overall rating
4.9
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
This is the second time we have stayed at this Famcamp. We enjoyed it both times. The staff are very helpful and Daniel is constantly around taking care of things in the park. There are a lot of what seem to be permanent residents here. It seems like someone has decided it is ok for this to be an extension of base housing. Too bad because it is supposed to be a recreational facility.
10-17 August 2017
Overall rating
3.9
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
3.0
Amenities/Facilities
3.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
4.0
first thing is that the types of sites available has changed... there are no longer any partial sites, they were upgraded to include sewer now... so there are now 41 full hook-up sites... the former 12 partial sites are pull-thrus while the 29 original full sites are back-ins... not sure if the 29 have CATV but the 12 do not... and the rates are different now... $20/night, $120/week and $440/month... since they recently added sewer to the pull-thru sites the ground is still soft, the office staff stated they will be adding concrete pads in the future... when we were coming into town we called the office to check availability, that was about 2pm, we left a message asking to be called back, we arrived at about 3pm and no one was still in the office. there was 1 site open so we took it (first come, first served), set up and went to the office about 4pm to register/pay and he was in the shower??? office hours are supposedly Mon-Thur 0900-1700, Closed Fri & Sat, Sun 1000-1400. Looks like there are several homesteaders that have been in their site for more than 30 days...
May1st-June 1st 2017
Overall rating
5.0
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
VERY happy with our stay at Lackland FamCamp! It is very quiet and serene. More full hookups are being added. The Fisher House is across the street and it is nice to walk our dogs there and read all the plaques about people's gifts and sacrifices. Staff is nice and courteous. Close to WH and shuttle bus can take you to BS; Commissary; etc. There is also a shuttle from WH to BAMC. Do NOT follow the directions to the camp. Enter through Luke Gate, go all the way until you reach dead end. Turn left and you are there!!!
2-3 March 2017
Overall rating
2.9
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
3.0
Amenities/Facilities
2.0
Value
2.0
Overall Experience
3.0
Tried calling all day, no answer, showed up and took a partial hook up, FHU all taken. Stayed 2 nights, no host or FamCamp employee around. Called a couple days later to pay by credit card, told all sites now are 25 dollars a night. This page needs to be updated. Wifi was poor to non existence. Large Exchange and Commissary.
March 27-30 2017
Overall rating
4.7
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
4.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
There were 5 spots open when we arrived around noon. I didn't trust the gps in getting us to the gate so I called. The manager said we didn't need to go to the Growden gate. We could come off 90 at Military Dr and come right in the Luke gate, which is very close to the famcamp. At this time you can't go out that way though due to construction. The full hookup sites, as in most places, don't ever seem to turn over. They're pretty close anyway, some are back to back and the trees hang over right on top of the rv's. The partial hookups are decent size pull thrus, gravel with grassy areas. For all the activity on base the camp is nice and quiet.
30 Feb-1 March 2017
Overall rating
3.2
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
3.0
Amenities/Facilities
3.0
Value
3.0
Overall Experience
3.0
First stay at Lackland. No vacancies but office mgmr saved us the remaining "partial" space since we were driving down from Killeen that same day. Our "partial" site had everything but sewer. Bathhouse is clean & ok, but old in need of paint and repairs. Shower stalls could be replaced too. We used the commercial gate coming & going. The sites have big trees nearby making it a pretty RV park. Nothing to rally complain about or rave about either. Why oh Why don't FAmcamps take some reservations ? Maybe reserve half, leave half open. Something , anything so you could plan on having a place to park at the end of a long day. I'd come back IF Ft Sam weren't here in S.A.
19-26 Sep 2016
(Updated: September 25, 2016)
Overall rating
4.9
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
We are here for our granddaughters graduation from BMTS. There have been a lot of changes in the past 42 years when I went through Boot Camp. The only thing that I recognized was Wilford Hall the base hospital. Entry through the commercial gate is recommended I think due to the amount of traffic through the "Luke" gate. I will be egressing the commercial gate as well due to a very tight serpentine setup on the outbound side of the Luke gate. The Fam Camp facility is pretty nice. The FHU sites were all taken when we arrived. We were asked if we wanted to go on a list to move "in a few days" but we declined as we were only staying a week and had water and electric. There were a couple of longer term residence that were moved out of there sites as they had already stayed their allotted 30 days. So it would appear the office personnel are paying attention to the rules. The laundry room has 4ea Washer/Dryers @ $1.50 per load. The machines were all operational and clean. It wasn't until after we started all four machines (we were the only ones in there at the time) did we see a posted sign asking patrons to use maximum of 2 machines. Oops! The combined showers and restrooms were clean however were in serious need of a paint job. Paint was peeling and falling from the ceiling. There is no Diesel available on base. Office staff was very helpful, but they could sure use a bigger office (or smaller desk)! One other negative is there are no picnic tables in the area with no sewer (East side). All in all, a Great place it stay! Can you do anything about the humidity?
3-10 July 2016
(Updated: July 23, 2016)
Overall rating
4.2
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
4.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
4.0
Overall Experience
4.0
Due to having a tire blown at Mile Marker 822 just before Houston on Interstate 10W, we arrived after 12 midnight Sunday morning and their was one vacant full service spot. We came in via the front gate at Luke Blvd. not Growden Drive. We are here for a BMTS graduation, they have lot's of room in the partial area of (12)RV Sites with W/20,30,50A/no sewer. There are a few homesteaders, but it seems other RVers are moving out after a few days, I guess due to the summer heat in the higher 90's. Great place to be to visit downtown San Antonio river walk area and of course the Alamo. Lot's of Great Memories here since I went to BOOT Camp here back in June of 1966 during Vietnam and through OTS at Medina November 1974. Bathrooms are clean, used the shower once-Lot's of hot water. We will stay here again. "Happy Travels."
Feb 10, 2016
(Updated: February 23, 2016)
Overall rating
4.7
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
4.0
Overall Experience
5.0
Good RV park, a little crowded but not surprised by this being the time of year it is. They were full when we arrived but we were able to get a spot within 24 hours from overflow. We tried staying at Fort Sam RV Park but they are booked through March! Got to know some of our neighbors that have been there a couple months who are waiting on base housing. The policy is they can stay there up to 180 days within a year but rotate out every 30 days. Looks like some of the comments below by the homesteading police are purely based on assumption and not reality. The office is open 6 days a week and they went above and beyond to accommodate us to ensure we were next to get a hookup spot. Love the upgrades to the laundry room and appreciate the positive attitudes from the staff there. Being that they are 100% full looks like they are doing something right.
Feb 2-5, 2016
Overall rating
2.4
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
2.0
Amenities/Facilities
3.0
Value
4.0
Overall Experience
1.0
I graduated ‘Boot’, at Lackland Air Force Base, in 1960 and I’ve been staying 2 weeks or more at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX for SEVERAL Years.. They have 29-30, Back in, Full Hook sites, with 12-13 pull thru sites with Water & Electric. They do NOT take Reservations, Only First Come. Until this year, you could get any of the 12-13 pull thru sites with Dump station available, and 4 over-flow sites (no hooks) and you could put your name on a list to take the 1st available Full Hook sites. No More.. To get a Full Hook site, you have to sit in a vehicle and watch for someone to move, then jump in and get it AS THEY are Moving out. When they added the 12 Water & Electric sites a few years ago, they added the Dump Site at the end. They could have added Dump hooks at all sited very EASY, but they didn’t. Up till this year, I could and have recommended Lackland AFB, But NO MORE. Their hours of operation, 1100 to 1400 WHEN they ‘MIGHT’ be there. This operation is totally unacceptable. I won’t be returning.. A lot of active duty personal, more or less, homesteading, are taking spots away from others. One in Particular, was there last year when I arrived and there when I left 3 weeks later. James
January 2016
Overall rating
4.5
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
4.0
Overall Experience
4.0
There should be a 90 day limit to a stay. I noticed active duty are LIVING here and i am sure getting full BAQ since it is not on base housing. the cost is $440 which is about half of the BAQ so the are going to stay here. Also TDY people should have a limit also since they get per Diem which is much more than the cost of the site. They stay here so they can bring the whole family and pets with them and still get full per diem. Yes active duty should get a priority, but only when on leave or waiting for base housing maybe. All of the full service sites stay full because it is a small park. The partial hookups are never full so they should have to move over there till more than one full service slot is open. 90 days is plenty for me, but i would not mind moving to the partial slots for a few days. Lackland really needs to make all sites full service and a few years ago i was told another 60 slots were going to be built in the field that is empty. I guess the cuts in money messed that up. Even Tops in Blue has been canceled now. Also it is very dark in the park at night on the street. The lights are in the middle. If only staying for a few days, there is always space in partial hookups.
Nov 15
Overall rating
5.0
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
We really enjoyed it here. All of the folks that worked in the office were great. It stayed clean, the facilities were spotless and the flow here was great. There are allot of people here for long periods of time but we, and all of the others that came here, had no problems getting a spot. Also, there are a few AD here, but, what does that matter? We enjoyed it and would definitely return.
October 2015
(Updated: November 15, 2015)
Overall rating
1.3
Location
3.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
1.0
Amenities/Facilities
1.0
Value
1.0
Overall Experience
1.0
Not really impressed with this camp, a lot of homesteading and active duty personal who are taking all the spots away from others. Dog feces was all over the place. The camp host was not very friendly or welcoming. Thankfully we only stayed one night.
JW
Jackson Welsh
October 2015
Overall rating
5.0
Location
5.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
This is a great little famcamp. Friendly management who made checking in a breeze. Excellent prices. The laundry room and bathrooms are very clean. Sites are a little small but that's ok, didn't need a lot of space anyway. We chose a gravel site with partial hook ups. Clean of litter and well cared for. Beautiful shade trees with plenty of songbirds. It was a little difficult to find if you don't know the area. All in all a great place to stay and we would definitely return.
1 - 7 October 2015
(Updated: December 15, 2015)
Overall rating
4.7
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
5.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
Very nice place under new management, check in went very smoothly. Facility was very clean and the laundry room had plenty of machines. Staff was very helpful and courteous. Watch for snakes, there was a rattlesnake found by our neighbors but pest control was called out and they took care of it right away. No complaints, it was very quiet and this camp is well kept up. We will return next year.
TW
Tom White
July 28-30, 2015
(Updated: November 13, 2015)
Overall rating
4.2
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
3.0
Amenities/Facilities
5.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
4.0
The camp host is non-existent it seems. I was there three nights and NEVER was able to physically meet the camp host and phone communications are just as bad. But, at least the sites are clearly marked as reserved or available so you can just pick an available site and fill out the registration card and pay fees. But, you will want to use a check for this. I would not stick cash or a credit card number in the drop box. If you were allowed to come in through the SE Military Drive gate, it would be awesome, but they require you use the Growden gate which results in a long confusing drive to the campground. If you follow the directions, you will get their fine. Hopefully, you have a navigator helping you watch for road signs though. It makes it rough if you miss one. You can use the other gates with just a passenger vehicle after you set up. The campground is clean and quite with ample on site parking. There is some good shade on some sites which is great for S. Texas in July. The restrooms and showers are clean and well kept. There were several open sites the day we arrived and they never filled up the three days we were there. I was on a 10 day round trip from Wisconsin to Corpus Christy, TX and back and stayed at three military campgrounds. This was the worst but still better than most private and state campgrounds. And for $20 a night and full hookups, you can't hardly beat the value.
May 27-29
Overall rating
4.6
Location
4.0
Cleanliness/Hospitality
4.0
Amenities/Facilities
4.0
Value
5.0
Overall Experience
5.0
***Note: The Growden gate has working hours and is NOT open 24/7. We arrived late, around 9pm and the Growden gate for large commercial vehicles was closed already. Went back on the highway to find another gate and entered via the Luke gate with our military ID. It was a tight squeeze for our 31ft motor coach but the sentry were patient since there was no traffic. We followed the helpful map posted in the photos below pulled thru the loop and parked in the first vacant spot (they have little placards that show if they are occupied) set up for the night and paid for our 2 day stay the following morning. The office is only open from 8-4pm so plan accordingly. Most of the partial hook up sites were available, a plus cosidering there are no reservations. There are some permanent/full time RV residents but they are polite and helpful. We ventured out to the BX and commissary on the second day and wish we would have gone earlier it's like a big shopping mall with food court and shops and everything one could need at post/tax free prices! The commissary is a great place to restock as the prices are great, and it is quite large and very well stocked and has nice employees. Overall we enjoyed our 2-day stay and actually considered adding an add'l day just to check out the base and PX. We will definitely return here when in San Antonio. Also, The host assisted us in obtaining info for a rental car to checkout the local sights (Alamo and River Walk) and there is one on base with complimentary pick up from the camp ground. If you want a day weekday rental it's about $45/day for their smallest car w/military discount.
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